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Oscar Predictions: Original Screenplay — Could Jason Reitman Return to the Awards Race With ‘Saturday Night?’

2025 Oscars Best Original Screenplay Predictions include "Emilia Perez," "Anora," "Blitz," "Saturday Night," "A Real Pain" and "We Grown Now."

Sean Baker could finally receive recognition with his dark comedy “Anora.” At the same time, the prestige of the World War II epic “Blitz” and the musical “Emilia Pérez” are likely to be at the forefront of voters’ minds. Image Credit: A24 Rank Performer & Film 11 “ Challengers ” (Amazon MGM) — Justin Kuritzkes 12 “ In the Summers ” (Music Box Films) — Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio 13 “ Maria ” (No U.S. Distribution) — Steven Knight ** 14 “ Dìdi ” (Focus Features) — Sean Wang 15 “ Better Man ” (Paramount Pictures) — Michael Gracey, Oliver Cole, Simon Gleeson 16 “ Memoir of a Snail ” (IFC Films) — Adam Elliot 17 “ Thelma ” (Magnolia Pictures) — Josh Margolin 18 “ Kneecap ” (Sony Pictures Classics) — Rich Peppiatt, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, JJ Ó Dochartaigh 19 “ Evil Does Not Exist ” (Sideshow) — Ryusuke Hamaguchi 20 “ We Live in Time ” (A24) — Nick Payne Oscars: Best Adapted Screenplay ( Variety Awards Circuit Predictions) Feigenbaum “Blitz” (Apple Original Films) — Steve McQueen “Bob Marley: One Love” (Paramount Pictures) — Terence Winter, Frank E. Flowers, Zach Baylin, Reinaldo Marcus Green “The Brutalist” (No U.S. Distribution) — Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold “Challengers” (Amazon MGM) — Justin Kuritzkes “Civil War” (A24) — Alex Garland “Daddio” (Sony Pictures Classics) — Christy Hall “The Deb” (No U.S. Distribution) — Hannah Reilly, Rebel Wilson ** “The Deliverance” (Netflix) — David Coggeshall, Elijah Bynum “A Different Man” (A24) — Aaron Schimberg “Dìdi” (Focus Features) — Sean Wang “Echo Valley” (Apple Original Films) — Brad Inglesby ** “Eden” (No U.S. Distribution) — Noah Pink ** “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) — Jacques Audiard ** “The End” (Neon) — Joshua Oppenheimer, Rasmus Heisterberg “Evil Does Not Exist” (Sideshow) — Ryusuke Hamaguchi “Fancy Dance” (Apple Original Films) — Erica Tremblay, Miciana Alise “Flow” (Janus Films/Sideshow) — Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža “Hard Truths” (Bleecker Street) — Mike Leigh “Heretic” (A24) — Scott Beck, Bryan Woods “His Three Daughters” (Netflix) — Azazel Jacobs “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1” (Warner Bros.) — Jon Baird, Kevin Costner, Mark Kasdan “I Saw the TV Glow” (A24) — Jane Schoenbrun “IF” (Paramount Pictures) — John Krasinski “In the Summers” (Music Box Films) — Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio “Janet Planet” (A24) — Annie Baker “K-Pops” (No U.S. Distribution) — Anderson .Paak, Khaila Amazan ** “Kinds of Kindness” (Searchlight Pictures) — Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou “Kneecap” (Sony Pictures Classics) — Rich Peppiatt, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, JJ Ó Dochartaigh “The Last Showgirl” (No U.S. Distribution) — Kate Gersten ** “Longlegs” (Neon) — Osgood Perkins “Love Lies Bleeding” (A24) — Rose Glass, Weronika Tofilska “Maria” (No U.S. Distribution) — Steven Knight ** “Meet the Barbarians” (No U.S. Distribution) — Julie Delpy, Matthieu Rumani, Nicolas Slomka ** “Megalopolis” (Lionsgate) — Francis Ford Coppola “Memoir of a Snail” (IFC Films) — Adam Elliot “Millers in Marriage” (No U.S. Distribution) — Edward Burns ** “Misericordia” (Janus Films) — Alain Guiraudie ** “Monkey Man” (Universal Pictures) — Dev Patel, Paul Angunawela, John Collee “My Old Ass” (Amazon MGM) — Megan Park “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” (A24) — Rungano Nyoni “Parthenope” (A24) — Paolo Sorrentino “Quisling – The Final Days” (No U.S. Distribution) — Anna Bache-Wiig, Ravn Lanesskog, Siv Rajendram Eliassen ** “A Real Pain” (Searchlight Pictures) — Jesse Eisenberg “Relay” (No U.S. Distribution) — Justin Piasecki ** “Riff Raff” (No U.S. Distribution) — John Pollono ** “Rumours” (Bleecker Street) — Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson “Sasquatch Sunset” (Bleecker Street) — David Zellner “Saturday Night” (Sony Pictures) — Gil Kenan, Jason Reitman “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (Neon) — Mohammad Rasoulof “Shirley” (Netflix) — John Ridley “The Shrouds” (No U.S. Distribution) — David Cronenberg ** “Spellbound” (Netflix) — Lauren Hynek, Elizabeth Martin, Julia Miranda “Stopmotion” (IFC/Shudder) — Robert Morgan, Robin King “The Substance” (Mubi) — Coralie Fargeat “Thelma” (Magnolia Pictures) — Josh Margolin “Tuesday” (A24) — Daina O. Pusić “We Grown Now” (Sony Pictures Classics) — Minhal Baig “We Live in Time” (A24) — Nick Payne “Woman of the Hour” (Netflix) — Ian MacAllister McDonald

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